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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 201 Part 1

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 201 – Part 1.

As more people tried to retreat to the rear, our forces gradually increased.

‘It’s about time to think of a new marker.’

This was because there was a possibility that the enemy could imitate our markers to infiltrate.

I was planning to create a secondary marker before accepting more people, but a pleasant variable occurred here.

─Kuooooo…!

The sound of a dragon’s roar, as if it were being torn apart. It was like a child screaming not to come closer.

A cry that had lost its composure. It manifested as a phenomenon.

It seemed that the power of illusion was concentrated around the dragon, as the effect on us at a distance decreased.

‘Are the people at the front targeting the dragon!’

People’s appearances gradually began to return to normal. Although we still couldn’t distinguish proper forms clearly, that alone was encouraging.

Above all, we could now understand what was being said.

“Sir Ars! Can you hear me!?”

It was Erina’s voice beside me. Although the sound was still distorted and sounded like an old man’s voice, I could understand the meaning.

“Yes, I can hear you.”

This was crucial.

Now that we could set a password, internal unity would be much easier.

‘We just need to gather 500 people.’

From then on, we can start holding out. In that case, the enemy will be cornered.

However, there was also a cause for concern.

‘We have to hope the enemy doesn’t know about this….’

If this had been a war situation in the Central Continent, I would have assumed the enemy knew and looked for another method, but this world has almost no wars.

This large-scale war is happening for the first time in a hundred years, so I thought there was a good chance the enemy might not know.

What I was trying to do was, strictly speaking, trying to get something for free, but if you can get it for free, that’s the best strategy.

However, it seems you get punished for liking freebies.

“Enemy attack! A large number of enemies are coming!”

“So they’re not just letting it go…. Don’t panic! Vanguard, retreat! Right and left wings, prepare to repel the enemy!”

The majority of the enemy forces were undead soldiers without intelligence. Naturally, they were weak in tactical movements.

I planned to lure the enemy in by retreating the vanguard and then attack from the left and right to encircle the enemy.

The theory itself was perfect. If this had been a battle with trained regular soldiers, it would have given us a tactical advantage.

However, common sense didn’t apply here.

Our forces didn’t have enough training to follow my tactical orders.

As a result, the left and right forces failed to launch a coordinated attack in time, and instead, the vanguard collapsed significantly under the enemy’s mindless charge.

And because of that, I, who was positioned behind them, was put in danger.

“Tch! Erina! Fall back!”

“N-No! I’ll stay with you!”

“This is not the time to say such things!”

“Ah, Sir Ars! Watch out!”

“Huh!?”

Whoosh! The blade of a large halberd suddenly rushed in, aiming for my neck. It was as eerie as the scythe wielded by the grim reaper.

Clang! I hurriedly drew the sword on my back to defend against the attack, then pulled out the dagger at my waist and threw it at the opponent.

Ting! The opponent deflected the dagger with the guard on their forearm and took a step back. They stare at me while keeping their distance.

“Not bad. I didn’t expect you to react so calmly to this level of attack.”

It was a chilling voice like roughly scratching a chalkboard with a metal pipe. Although their appearance looked like a monster identical to the others, their armor was different.

They were wearing leather armor, which seemed to have been originally white but continuously soaked in blood. The blackened color of that blood made my skin crawl.

‘When did it approach?’

I hadn’t detected it at all. Whether it was due to it’s skill or the dragon’s influence, I wasn’t sure, but it seemed best to be cautious.

It continued speaking with a grin.

“What’s your name?”

“…”

“It’s better to tell me obediently. Then I’ll at least engrave your name on your tombstone.”

“Your mouth works well. Why don’t you tell me your name? Though I have no intention of making a tombstone.”

I pretended to be calm while signaling Erina with my eyes to run away. Since I had already been caught by the enemy, it would be much better to fight alone.

However, Erina didn’t seem to think so, as she deliberately ignored my gaze and entered a combat stance.

She seemed to want to prove that she wasn’t just someone to be protected. On the contrary, as if saying she would protect me, she cast a spell at the opponent in front of me.

Crackle! Streams of static electricity sparked towards it.

“Ugh…!?”

It jumped to the side in surprise, avoiding the attack. As a result, those behind it were hit by the attack.

The static electricity spread to the target and its surroundings.

Although Erina was disappointed that the main target had avoided it, she didn’t stop her attack.

“Thunder Bolt!”

Rumble! As if drawn by the static electricity, thunder struck the opponent directly.

The one hit by the lightning bolt was an undead soldier, who collapsed with a thud, charred black. About 10 enemies around it also seemed to have been indirectly affected, shaking and falling down.

“A lightning mage!”

The opponent’s level of caution increased significantly.

That was the destructive power of a lightning mage. Even the strongest human could be killed by a novice lightning mage if they didn’t have proper defenses.

“Tch! There’s a lightning mage! Use the terrain and objects sufficiently to fight!”

It was both the weakness and strength of lightning mages.

The fact that they are affected by the environment. In places like caves or inside buildings where the sky is blocked, their power is halved.

Conversely, in situations where the sky is open, it’s raining, and thunderclouds are gathering, no one dares to challenge them.

The current environment was slightly disadvantageous.

The sky was open, but the weather was clear, and there were trees and other terrain features.

Moreover, there was also the greatest weakness of lightning mages – the massive magic consumption.

While being affected by the environment can be both a weakness and a strength, this aspect was clearly a weakness.

Unless there were clouds gathering, calling down lightning from a clear sky consumed an enormous amount of magic.

Erina could probably only perform an attack like the previous one two more times at most.

“Erina! Don’t overuse it!”

For her own safety, she shouldn’t use it recklessly.

‘Fortunately, everyone has come to their senses.’

Fierce battles were taking place here and there. The forces on the left and right wings had finally begun their flanking attack, albeit belatedly.

The enemy seemed to have sensed this too, and was trying to quickly deal with me, the commander.

‘I’ll counter-attack.’

If we can repel the enemy’s guerrilla unit here, the momentum will shift in our favor.

I readied my stance and entered into combat with the blood-stained opponent.

* * *

While battles were also breaking out in the rear,

The vanguard had no time to worry about such things.

This was because the vanguard had fallen into chaos due to the dragon concentrating its power around itself after sensing a threat.

Not only did others appear as monsters and communication was impossible, but now they were starting to see illusions as well.

As a result, Prince Proud’s group came to a halt.

An invisible deadlock. Prince Proud felt a stifling sense of being completely blocked.

The direction he was pinning his hopes on was where Elena had gone.

If they could only break through there, they could use it as bait to either retreat or target the dragon.

And speaking of Elena, she was engaged in a fierce back-and-forth battle with Ilya.

No one else could interfere in their duel.

It was because of the heat Elena was emitting. It was so hot that no one except her opponent, Ilya, could approach.

Even this was Elena minimizing her output.

If she increased her output and caused a fire, it would be like adding fuel to an already chaotic situation.

“Haah!”

Swish swish swish swish! The spear tip cutting through the air. Elena thrust with a mysterious 12-hit combo, aiming for Ilya’s vital points – head, neck, heart, solar plexus, knee, then back to solar plexus, head, and neck.

“Not a chance.”

However, Ilya avoided all attacks with her weapons in both hands and flexible movements, and instead dove into her opponent’s embrace.

“Kuk!”

Realizing she had no time to retrieve her extended spear, Elena threw it upward and attempted close-quarter combat to shake off her opponent.

She thought that even though her opponent had closed in, she only had the sword in her left hand as a means of close-range attack.

She planned to be wary of that sword and buy time, but Ilya wasn’t naive enough to allow that.

Ilya grabbed the spear shaft perfectly and thrust it at Elena’s head.

Elena, who had been focused on the sword’s movement, couldn’t avoid this attack in time. She quickly jerked her head back, but it was too late, and the spear tip headed towards her left eye.

‘Oh no, I’ve been…!’

But stop! The spear tip halted 1cm in front of her pupil.

“What!?”

Thanks to this, Elena retreated and regained her distance, catching her falling spear.

Her expression was tinged with humiliation.

“You…! Are you trying to shame me!”

Of course, the words didn’t get through, but Ilya could roughly guess their meaning.

Ilya shrugged and took a stance as if asking if she wanted to go another round.

It was clearly a stance taken against an inferior opponent.

Ilya actually considered Elena to be below her level.

While their martial arts skills were on par, there was a huge difference in combat experience.

Elena wasn’t inexperienced, but compared to Ilya, it was a drop in the ocean. One major war and some martial arts instruction to subordinates.

On the other hand, Ilya had participated in hundreds of battles big and small, and was accustomed to fighting strong opponents through countless sparring sessions with her husband Anton. Above all, based on her sparring experience with Eonia, she was able to read the system of Elena’s spear techniques.

Elena also knew about Ilya’s spear and sword techniques from facing Ars, but there was a big difference between how Ars used them and how Ilya did.

‘Even so, she’s strong. I wonder if this is what it will feel like when Eonia grows more.’

Ilya thought that after about a hundred more sparring sessions, she might start losing.

In other words, this also meant that she was confident she could win for the next hundred times.

Elena was keenly aware of this aura.

Her expression crumpled at the peak of humiliation she had never felt in her life.

“You’ll regret missing the chance to kill me!”

Whoosh! The rising heat. As Elena raised her aura to the extreme, the surroundings began to burn. The undead soldiers caught in her domain turned red-hot and collapsed.

“Impressive.”

Ilya was genuinely amazed.

This heat magic was that threatening.

Usually, magic can be defended against using aura.

Rocks, fire, or water created by magic can be erased by countering with aura. That’s why it’s highly valued in this world and called weapon spell.

However, this heat couldn’t be dealt with in that way. The heat itself changed the actual environment. The temperature raised by the heat and the flames caused by it couldn’t be erased even using aura.

Nevertheless, Ilya was unfazed.

‘So this is combat through magic… This world is indeed unique.’

In addition to basic physical enhancement, Ilya was using one more magic.

It was the basic earth-attribute magic, Stone Skin.

This magic literally made the skin harder, but its performance could change depending on the caster’s arrangement.

Ilya’s aura greatly enhanced its performance, making it comparable to Iron Skin, one of the highest-level earth-attribute magics.

No matter how hot the heat is, it can’t melt rock or iron.

Ilya subdued Elena in 80 moves, only being careful with her breathing to prevent the heat from damaging her lungs.

“Urgh!”

Elena, battered and bruised, fell to her knees.

Ilya looked at her neck for a moment before turning her back.

If this had been a normal war, she would have killed her on the spot or taken her prisoner, but even Ilya thought this wasn’t an ordinary war.

Moreover, knowing that she belonged to the same school as her friend Eonia, her desire to kill diminished.

“Go. And never approach this place again.”

Elena found it hard to accept such mercy from a strong opponent. She was about to charge again as if asking to be killed, but Lucretia appeared just in time.

“Lady Elena! We must retreat now!”

Since words weren’t getting through, Lucretia used her body to restrain Elena.

Embracing Elena, Lucretia stole a fearful glance at Ilya before slowly backing away while remaining cautious.

With Elena, who had been acting as the vanguard commander, defeated like this, the vanguard found themselves in a situation where they could neither advance nor retreat.

Prince Proud judged that they couldn’t go on any further and was about to give the order to retreat, but there were those who had been waiting for this moment.

A group appeared carrying the royal banner.

Prince Proud’s eyes lit up upon seeing that banner.

“That banner…. Landis and Paris!”

The banners of Second Prince Landis and Third Prince Paris.

Prince Proud welcomed them with delight. If the prince commanders gathered, they could regroup much faster.

“You’ve come at a good time! You must be aware of the battle situation. We need to retreat now. You two help as well!”

Prince Proud fumbled to take out some papers to communicate, but.

Stab! A sword pierced through his heart. He was ambushed by those he thought were his brothers.

“Ugh…! You, you bastards…!”

Blood vessels burst in Prince Proud’s eyes. It wasn’t just that he was dying, but it bothered him that those who stabbed him were carrying the banners of the Second and Third Princes.

“Does that mean Landis and Paris also…? Surely not…! Gah!”

Prince Proud’s life ended with a scream. The assassins were pursued by Prince Proud’s guards but easily shook them off and disappeared into the crowd.

Although it was an outright killing, in the current situation where everyone’s appearances were distorted, this was as good as a perfect assassination.


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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

Score 9.2
Status: Completed Type: Author: Released: 2022 Native Language: Korean
I ended up possessing Ars Elaine, a supporting character in the game. Struggling to prevent my death, I pave my way.

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